Dragonfire by Anne Forbes

Author:Anne Forbes [Anne Forbes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782500735
Publisher: Floris Books
Published: 2013-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

21. Mobiles and Merging

The first thing Clara saw was the little black and white cat, standing guard on the school wall, squashed between two of the railings.

“Mischief looks so much better already,” remarked Neil. “I hope he hasn’t caught any mice!”

Lady Ellan laughed. “We’ve given up being mice, Neil, and have put a memory spell on your janitor instead.”

“How does that work?” Clara was startled.

“Oh, he see us and then forgets about us.”

As they reached the playground, Mischief, who had been keeping watch for them, arched her back and jumped down as they approached.

“What happened?” asked the little cat, frantically. “Hamish came here screaming that Amgarad and Alasdair Rothlan were in the High Street. I’ve been out of my mind with worry about you!”

“We’re all fine, Archie,” soothed Lady Ellan, “and we’ll tell you what happened in a minute, but first of all we must contact Sir James! Rothlan spoke to us and believe me, he’s dangerous and desperate. I’m afraid he might get the ring and the necklace from Dougal!”

Archie stiffened. “The necklace and the ring? What happened to the belt?”

“I’m wearing it! Clara managed to steal it from Dougal.”

The cat smiled happily. “Great! Now we’re getting somewhere!”

“It’s Sir James I’m worried about. We must find him and tell him what’s happened. Where do you think he’ll be at this time of the day, Neil?”

Neil took a mobile phone from his jacket and dialled a number. “Sir James gave Clara and me a mobile phone each so that we could keep in touch,” he explained. “Hello, Sir James,” he said excitedly, “we’ve some good news for you …”

“We need to meet with you, Sir,” concluded Neil, “Lady Ellan is anxious to see you. Yes, yes, okay.”

He turned to the others, replacing the mobile carefully in his jacket pocket. “Sir James is still at the distillery. He says to come at once.”

“Good,” murmured Lady Ellan. “Look, there are some pigeons over there. Why don’t we merge with them and fly across to the distillery. It’s not far.”

Clara swallowed. “We’re going to fly?”

“It’s the quickest way, Clara. Do you think you can manage? I’ll wait until you both merge. Go on, Neil, it’s not difficult!”

“What if the pigeons fly away before we can grab them?”

“They won’t fly away! Once you decide to merge with them they’ll stay still for you. Try it!!”

Lady Ellan spoke the truth. As Neil and Clara approached, the birds stopped pecking and allowed them to put their hands on their backs.

“Whoops!” said Clara, with a gasp as she looked at the world through the eyes of her pigeon. She felt quite frightened as everything seemed suddenly enormous. Gingerly she flapped her wings and looked over at Neil who was gazing with some concern at Mischief, who had assumed the proportions of a giant.

“Are you all right?” Lady Ellan asked, hopping over to them. “Come on, then! Let’s fly!” With a clapping of wings, the three pigeons soared into the air and circled the school before heading for the green slopes of the park and the grey roofs of the distillery.

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